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Boyfriend behind bars! Artist disregards friends warnings about her prisoner partner and even hopes to marry him

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An artist is ignoring warnings about her boyfriend behind bars and even vows to marry him despite being imprisoned.

Katie Gotch, 30, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, is as besotted as ever with her locked away lover despite comments and insinuations from others.

PICS BY KATIE GOTCH / CATERS NEWS: Here is Katie posed up with her different parcels and letters from Silas and their near three year relationship

They have been dating for close to three-years, after she first wrote to Silas Nathaniel Kanady, 30, in California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison, through WriteAPrisoner.com in 2015.

He is seven years into an 18-year sentence, after being found guilty of two counts of home invasion, two counts of kidnapping with a firearm and a felony assault while in custody of the county jail.

Katie hopes her banged-up beau who will be released in five years and intends to move across state to California, so that she can marry him.

She says her family have grown to like former Silas, an army veteran, with him also writing to her mother and grandmother.

Despite only meeting two times face to face, most recently four months ago, they keep their relationship alive through watching films at the same time, writing saucy letters and more.

PICS BY KATIE GOTCH / CATERS NEWS: Here is Katie posed up with her different parcels and letters from Silas and their near three year relationship

Katie, an art school graduate, said: “For the first year, I only told my closest friends, my mom and grandmother, it felt like everyone else wouldn’t understand and would just pass judgement without knowing him.

“When I told my family, that I was dating someone inside they were all worried about me.

“But once they heard how happy I was that changed and now it’s been going on for two and a half years.

“Most of my co-workers tried to warn me off him just because he was in prison. No matter what his crime was or what they heard about him.